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SUBTOPICS

• Speed, velocity, and acceleration

• Motion graphs
• Recording motion
• Free fall
• Forces in balance
• Force, mass, and acceleration
• Friction and braking
• Force, weight, and gravity
• Action and reaction
• Vectors
• Circular motion

BASIC TOPICAL SYMBOLS & UNITS

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Length

Time

Mass

Force

Speed

Acceleration

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2.01 – Speed, velocity and acceleration

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velocity

vectors

acceleration

deceleration /
retardation

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2.02 – Motion graphs

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distance-time
graphs

gradient for
d-t graphs

speed-time
graphs

velocity-time
graphs

gradient for s-
t / v-t graphs

area “under”
s-t / v-t
graphs

uniform
acceleration /
uniform
retardation

non-uniform
acceleration /
non-uniform
retardation

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2.03 – Recording motion

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ticker-tape
timer

ticker-tape
chart

2.04 – Free fall

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acceleration
of free fall

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2.06 – Forces in balance

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force

newton

upthrust

weight /
gravitational
force

tension

friction

thrust

drag

air resistance

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water
resistance

Newton’s first
law of motion

terminal
velocity

2.07 – Force, mass, and acceleration

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inertia

resultant
force

Newton’s
second law of
motion

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2.08 – Friction and braking

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static friction

dynamic
friction

stopping
distance

thinking
distance

braking
distance

reaction time

kinetic energy
revisited
(stopping
distance POV)

“crumple
zone” and
other safety
fetures

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2.09 – Force, weight, and gravity

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gravitational
force

gravitational
field

gravitational
field strength

mass vs.
weight

2.10 – Action and reaction

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action

reaction

Newton’s
third law of
motion

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2.11 – Vectors

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vectors

resultant

scalars

parallelogram
rule

resolving
vectors

vector
components

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2.12 – Circular motion

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centripetal
force

centrifugal
force

velocity vs.
speed
(circular
motion POV)

orbit

period

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